(A) The Town Council now deems it to be in the best interest of the town and its citizens to afford a maximum opportunity for rehabilitation, redevelopment or economic development of areas by private enterprise by establishing the Department of Redevelopment.
(B) The Town Council hereby establishes the Department of Redevelopment of the town. The Department will be controlled by a board of five members known as the Redevelopment Commission.
(C) Pursuant to the Act, I.C. 36-7-14 et seq., all of the territory within the corporate boundaries of the town will be a taxing district to be known as the Redevelopment District of the town for the purpose of levying and collecting special benefit taxes for redevelopment purposes, as provided in the Act. The Town Council finds and determines that all of the taxable property within this special taxing district will be considered to be benefitted by the redevelopment projects and economic development projects carried out under the Act to the extent of the special taxes levied under the Act.
(Ord. 21-1990, passed 11-19-90)